Brenda Mennella

Brenda Mennella is a native Delawarean who enjoys helping others and being a resource to help others solve problems. She is a wife, mother of two, an educator, and a community volunteer. She is a graduate of Wesley College where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. She wanted to become an educator, so she attended Wilmington University where she earned a Master’s Degree in Education. She received the valedictorian academic Award for achieving the highest GPA in her class.

Prior to teaching, she worked for the Department of Labor with the Division of Employment & Training where she helped individuals secure employment, obtain retraining, relocate to different states, start their own business, and obtain any resource that would help individuals secure employment when their companies closed or had mass layoffs. In 2000, Brenda was recognized as Employee of the Quarter for helping so many unemployed individuals obtain gainful employment.

Brenda has volunteered as a Girl Scout Leader, planted trees, encouraged her students to prepare Hurricane Relief boxes, made blankets for children at the hospital, and collected hygiene items and stuffed sixty packages. In September, her class began collecting items which led to the whole school collecting items. She is an active member of the Brookside Lions Club of Newark.

She always enjoyed teaching and decided to earn her dual teaching certification in General Education and in Special Education and has been teaching for over 15 years. Brenda was nominated for teacher of the year three times by parents and coworkers. Helping others understand their rights is particularly important to her. She has facilitated the Delaware Constitution Course in which she helps people learn about the proper role of government in Delaware.

Brenda has worked on campaigns to help candidates get into office and in 2022 she decided to compete for the local 9th Senate Seat. She ran a great race for a first-time candidate but was not successful in winning the seat. With her excellent campaign team, and the support of many people, she decided to compete for a State Representative seat. She plans to win the seat and work with other legislators to help make Delaware a wonderful place with jobs, accessible healthcare, better education for our children, less violence, and a stimulating economy. She is always willing to work with others to help others improve their lives. It is not so important who you work with, but that positive important things get accomplished.